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Project Elemental [Build Log]

Julian5

Excuse the clickbait, So I just upgraded from an old i3 540 system (specs in signature) and I decided to do  a build log...

 

Specs:

 

i5 6500

z170-a PRO MSI

8Gb of Hyperx Ram

s340 Black

240gb Toshiba SSD

Apex 600w PSU (Wsed)

Gtx 660 oc Windforce (from old PC)

 

Please excuse the blurry Iphone 4s pictures

 

Parts! (was supposed ot be 24hour shipping but it took 5 days....80440ecf-4b57-434a-8236-6cefe3f841dc

 

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600w PSU and Gtx 660 Pulled out of the old system.

 

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Installed the tx3i with the nasty intel mounting, (fell off 3 times inside the case)

 

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Just a pic while testing the pc, all parts inside! (Had to remove the cpu cooler because I could not acces the 8 pin power connector.

 

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Added some red Leds, looks bad on the picture but is amazing in real life!

 

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Build is done, downloaded windows and oced the cpu to 4ghz while I was waiting, got 45c in bios.

 

I could not install windows 7 in any way because it asked for drivers bould could not recognise any usb drives to browse for the drivers, currently downloading windows 8 since it comes with more modern drivers.

 

Will add a costum loop in a couple days/weeks, follow for more!

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

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Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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You nearly died? Or the PC?

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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Just now, NinjaJc01 said:

You nearly died? Or the PC?

Well, it wne twrong since I could not install Windows but it was just clickbait

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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Just now, Julian5 said:

Well, it wne twrong since I could not install Windows but it was just clickbait

Great. When I first built my PC, the motherboard manual said to put the RAM in certain slots, put it wouldn't boot in those slots. And I keep panicking when my PC won't turn on, only to remember I turned the power supply off.

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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is your t3 fan pushing or pulling? you might be working against the airflow if the intake is in the front and then exhaust out the back

Silverstone FT-05: 8 Broadwell Xeon (6900k soon), Asus X99 A, Asus GTX 1070, 1tb Samsung 850 pro, NH-D15

 

Resist!

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Just now, NinjaJc01 said:

Great. When I first built my PC, the motherboard manual said to put the RAM in certain slots, put it wouldn't boot in those slots. And I keep panicking when my PC won't turn on, only to remember I turned the power supply off.

:P This is my 50th more or less build, its just normally windows does not fuck up

Elemental 

Spoiler

Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

:P This is my 50th more or less build, its just normally windows does not fuck up

I worked on a PC with a clean install of windows 10, that whenever I shut it down, it would turn itself back on...

Main Gaming Rig:

Spoiler

Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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Just now, Heesleemer said:

is your t3 fan pushing or pulling? you might be working against the airflow if the intake is in the front and then exhaust out the back

my t3 is pushing into the fins and the fan behind it is pushing into the t3 fan, the only other fan is the fan above which is also pushing into the fins, There is only airflow on the CPU but my GPU was cool on the other pc

Elemental 

Spoiler

Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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[Out-of-date] Want to learn how to make your own custom Windows 10 image?

 

Desktop: AMD R9 3900X | ASUS ROG Strix X570-F | Radeon RX 5700 XT | EVGA GTX 1080 SC | 32GB Trident Z Neo 3600MHz | 1TB 970 EVO | 256GB 840 EVO | 960GB Corsair Force LE | EVGA G2 850W | Phanteks P400S

Laptop: Intel M-5Y10c | Intel HD Graphics | 8GB RAM | 250GB Micron SSD | Asus UX305FA

Server 01: Intel Xeon D 1541 | ASRock Rack D1541D4I-2L2T | 32GB Hynix ECC DDR4 | 4x8TB Western Digital HDDs | 32TB Raw 16TB Usable

Server 02: Intel i7 7700K | Gigabye Z170N Gaming5 | 16GB Trident Z 3200MHz

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1 hour ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

I think you might have just saved my life but I will tell you in a bit

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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18 hours ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

 

19 hours ago, NinjaJc01 said:

I worked on a PC with a clean install of windows 10, that whenever I shut it down, it would turn itself back on...

http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/2015/09/having-trouble-installing-windows-7-by.html

I ended up installing windows 10 and installing windows 7 from inside 10 lol, W7 is installing rn

Elemental 

Spoiler

Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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